<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">Use this command to begin or stop recording the changes made to a certain document.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">A checkmark before the <span class="T1">Record</span> command in the menu shows that that function is active. Changes which are carried out on the document will be recorded until you call the command again and remove checkmark.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:key-word value="Offset dash; at page border" tag="kw65753_2"/>Changed positions are marked with an offset dash at the page border if <span class="T1">Record</span> and <span class="T1">Display</span> were selected. Set the properties of this dash under <help:link Id="66257"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Text Document - Changes</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">The record also includes the following changes to the document:</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">Inserting and deleting text</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">Finding and replacing text</help:case></help:switch></p>
</li>
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<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">Inserting attributes which are one character wide, e.g. footnotes and fields</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">Inserting via the Clipboard</help:case></help:switch></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">Changing cell contents via insertion and deletion</help:case></help:switch></p>
</li>
<li class="">
<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">Inserting or deleting rows and columns</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC"> Cutting, copying and pasting via the Clipboard</help:case></help:switch></p>
</li>
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<p class="P3"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">Shifting via Drag&Drop</help:case></help:switch></p>
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</ul>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">Changes in formulas or numbers in tables won't be recorded.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">You cannot delete, shift or copy tables while Record is activated.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">The individual changes are dealt with like insertions and deletions and put on in the <help:link Id="65843">Change List</help:link> as such.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">With the command <help:link Id="65704"><span class="T1">Display</span></help:link> you can control the display of the recorded changes.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">You can determine the way in which the changes in the document are seen under <help:link Id="66257"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Text Document - Changes</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">You can determine the way in which the changes in the document are seen under <help:link Id="66244"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Text document - Changes</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>